Greatest Hits [Disky]

Performer: Arrested Development
Distributor: MSI Music Distribution

Notes: Arrested Development's GREATEST HITS features 13 fan-favorites, two bonus unplugged recordings, and cuts from Speech's solo efforts. This 2002 collection presents many of the finest tunes by Arrested Development, the eclectic Georgia-based hip-hop collective that deftly fused rap with blues, R&B, soul, funk, and Afrocentric elements in the early 1990s. Frontloaded with the group's well-known singles--"People Everyday," "Mr. Wendel," and "Tennessee"--all of which showcase frontman Speech's amiable vocals and the group's highly melodic, progressively minded aesthetic, the compilation is rounded out by vibrant but underrated latter tracks such as "Africa's Inside Me," resulting in a worthwhile overview of the band's '90s heyday.

Offering a rootsier take on the Native Tongues aesthetic, Atlanta's Arrested Development made waves in the early 1990s with its Afrocentric, musically diverse approach to hip-hop. With group leader Speech front and center, the collective's debut album, 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS & 2 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF..., generated several hits and won two Grammys. The band continued to release albums into the 2000s, but the popularity of gangsta rap, the very antithesis of AD's sound, kept them out of the charts.

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